At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · Diplomat
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Summary
The embassy
He carried the letter written at Khayr al-Din's order in the name of the qadis, khatibs, ulema, imams, merchants, notables and people of Algiers, asking to bind the country to the Ottoman state. Al-Salabi calls him one of Algiers' greatest scholars and a military and political leader able to picture his country's conditions and perils 2.
The document
The letter is preserved in the Topkapı Palace archive under no. 4656 and was translated by Abd al-Jalil al-Tamimi 3.
Connections
- Corresponded with
- السلطان سليم شاه بن عثمان
- Participated in
- Algiers enters Ottoman sovereignty (1519)
People and things also explored
Algiers enters Ottoman sovereignty (1519)· السلطان سليم شاه بن عثمان· The battle of Chaldiran and the entry into Tabriz· Battle of Ridaniyya and the fall of the Mamluk state· Capture of Cairo· The Battle of Marj Dabiq and Selim's Entry into Egypt· Selim I's accession, 918/1512· Submission of the Hijaz to the Ottomans
Sources
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 211-212
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 212
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 211
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu al-Abbas Ahmad b. Qadi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-al-abbas-ahmad-ibn-qadi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.